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    And the Unicorn You Rode In On
    And the Unicorn You Rode In On
    And the Unicorn You Rode In On
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    And the Unicorn You Rode In On

    By Robert Jeschonek

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    An elf cowboy on a fool's errand to the Old West town of Desperation, Arizona hunts a faerie bandit queen with a powerful relic in her clutches...but his unicorn steed faces the greater test. The one-horned magical stallion pursues the runaway love of his life, a chase that pits him against brutal men and beasts alike. What he finds at the end of the trail will change his fate and that of the Wild West forever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Jeschonek
    Release dateNov 14, 2018
    ISBN9798201925475
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      And the Unicorn You Rode In On - Robert Jeschonek

      And the Unicorn You Rode in On

      And the Unicorn You Rode in On

      UNCOLLECTED ANTHOLOGY: URBAN WESTERN

      ROBERT JESCHONEK

      Blastoff Books

      Contents

      Also by Robert Jeschonek

      And The Unicorn You Rode In On

      About the Author

      Back Matter

      Special Preview: Heaven Bent

      UNCOLLECTED ANTHOLOGY: URBAN WESTERN

      AND THE UNICORN YOU RODE IN ON

      Copyright © 2023 by Robert Jeschonek

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      Cover design by Allyson Longueira

      Uncollected Anthology logo art © Tanya Borozenets / Dreamstime.com

      Uncollected Anthology logo design © Stephanie Writt

      Cover Art Copyright © 2023 by Psychoshadowmaker at Dreamstime.com

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved by the author.

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      And The Unicorn You Rode In On

      As the faerie warrior on my back (aka the big doofus) rides past another warning sign under the blazing sun without turning back or at least commenting, I shake my single-horned head in dismay. Though of course I expected no better of him.

      After all, the dope still doesn't know how to read...which makes it all the more ironic that his name is Ballad. I don't think he knows what a ballad is, even in an abstract sense.

      He's just lucky that I can read, as all unicorns can, or he would have been dead long ago. I can't tell you how many times I've kept him from riding right past signs that say Apache Territory or Beware of Quicksand or Danger: Cliff Ahead.

      But I let him keep riding today, because he's taking me where I want to go. So what if the rickety signs along the desert pass say things like NO FAIRYS! or POINTY EARS NOT WUNTED HEAR or FAIRY CRITTERS WILL BE SHOTT ON SITE.

      The town of Desperation, Arizona

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